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11 December, 2007 - 07:55 — GeoffGlasson
Authors
Leveson, N.
,
Turner, C.S.
Source
IEEE ComputerVolume 26Issue 7 (1993)
URL
http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Therac_25/Therac_1.html
Keywords
Safety Critical System
,
Death
,
Real time system
,
Process failure
,
Case Study
Notes:
The Therac-25 radiation therapy machine resulted in the death of several patients. The report is quite long, and despite being written in the 1980's there is a lot we can learn from it.